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• • • MEMORANDUM Date: August 5, 2003 To: City Council From: Ann J. Blair, City Clerk Re: Issue of Bar Closing Hours -- Consider Request from Miller's on Main Current Status of Closing Hours in Lino Lakes Effective July 1, 2003, the state legislature made it possible for on -sale liquor license holders to keep their establishments open until 2 a.m., so long as this is consistent with the ordinances of individual cities. Any establishment wishing to remain open until 2 a.m. must make application for this license and have this approved by their local municipality, as well as the state, and pay a fee. Some cities find themselves in a position of having their Code inconsistent with the new state law. For cities that did not have hours of operation specifically listed in their ordinance, the July 1, 2003 effective date of the legislation resulted in a de facto closing time of 2 a.m., provided individual establishments made application for the license. However, our City Code provides in relevant part that: 1) State law is adopted, 2) the City of Lino Lakes may be more restrictive than state law, where allowed, and 3) the hours of operation are specifically listed, providing for a 1 a.m. closing time in the city. Therefore, we are at a closing time of 1 a.m., and our ordinance is consistent with the state law. If the Council wishes to consider allowing a 2 a.m. closing time then, an ordinance change would be necessary to accomplish this. We have received one application, from Miller's on Main, to consider the 2 a.m. closing hours. Therefore, we have put consideration of a 2 a.m. closing time on the Council work session agenda. I have notified the other on -sale establishments of the request and that the Council will discuss this matter at the August 6, 2003 work session. Status of Surrounding Communities The State's Department of Public Safety website contains a link that lists the establishments who have currently applied for and received the 2 a.m. closing license. Communities which have made ordinance changes very recently may not yet be represented on the list.